Recently, I had a blast chatting about landscape photography, creativity, and more with photographer Matt Payne on his F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast. (Anyone else dancing to “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice right now? Oh, 90s music was so awesome…)

2 Responses to “Interview on F-Stop Collaborate and Listen Podcast”

Just listened to your interview on F-Stop with Matt (which I subscribe to) I have to say Colleen it was completely enjoyable. You kinda blew me away with your willingness to share your personal thoughts and approach to not only photography but life in general. It is so good to hear personal, serious, and goofy (goofy in a very good way) thoughts and opinions from those who work hard, are not afraid of challenges, successes and failures, and believe in living life to the fullest. It comes through just from listening to you.

Since last year I have wanted to make it to you and Guys Lens & Pens workshop. Going to keep on eye on the openings since I may not know until close to the workshop date. Please keep doing these until I make it to one! Ha!

Anyway, thank you Colleen for being an inspiration to all of us who also would rather be rolling around in the dirt as well.

P.S. To bad you weren’t around in the 70′s to help influence your music library

Thanks much Brad, for listening to the podcast interview and for your lovely comments. You’ve made my day. I do hope our paths cross “out there” someday, hopefully at a future Lens & Pens! Until then, be well, be wild (and goofy!).

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Howdy! My name is Colleen Miniuk-Sperry and after spending 10 years stuck in a grey cubicle, I escaped Corporate America in 2007 and have been a full-time freelance photographer, writer, instructor, and speaker under the "CMS Photography" business name ever since. I specialize in nature, travel and outdoor recreation photography and writings. Besides being incredibly passionate (obsessed?) with photography and writing, I'm fluent in sarcasm, love French Chardonnay (though I don't discriminate against any type of wine), and much prefer dark, moody cloudy skies to clear blue ones. To read a full bio and to learn more about my work, please visit my main CMS Photography website at: www.cms-photo.com. Thanks for stopping by!

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Colleen Miniuk-Sperry fled the grey cubicle walls and left her unfulfilling software engineering job behind at Intel Corporation in 2007 to pursue a more meaningful life as a full-time outdoor photographer, writer, publisher, instructor, and speaker. Her credits include National Geographic calendars, Arizona Highways, AAA Via, National Parks Traveler, On Landscape, and a broad variety of other publications. She has served three times as an Artist-in-Residence with Acadia National Park.

She authored the award-winning guidebooks, Photographing Acadia National Park: The Essential Guide to When, Where, and How and Wild in Arizona: Photographing Arizona’s Wildflowers, A Guide to When, Where, & How (1st and 2nd editions) as well as the instructional eBook, Seeing the Light in Outdoor Photography.

Colleen offers highly-acclaimed photography workshops and women’s photography retreats (called “Sheography™”) through her own company, CMS Photography, as well as Arizona Highways Photography Workshops, Arizona Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, and numerous private engagements in the past. She also provides inspirational and educational presentations at photography clubs, conferences, and symposiums, as well at art clubs and outdoor-related organizations across the country.

Colleen is an active member, Secretary on the Board of Directors for Outdoor Writers Association of America, where she served as the interim Executive Director in 2017.